Tennis
Sky Deutschland retains pay-TV ATP Cup rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has extended its rights deal for men’s tennis’ ATP Cup, securing live pay-television rights to this year’s tournament in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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ATP secures healthy uplift in Greece in Cosmote renewal
The ATP has secured a strong fee increase in its latest renewal with Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote.
ServusTV adds more tennis rights with ATP Cup deal in Germany
Free-to-air commercial broadcaster ServusTV has acquired rights in Germany to tennis’ ATP Cup, a tournament that was aired last year by pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland.
Cosmote signs three-year ATP rights renewal in Greece
Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has renewed its rights to a raft of ATP competitions, marking its third major rights renewal in the last month
Sky NZ agrees multi-year deal for Wimbledon rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed a multi-year rights deal for the Wimbledon grand slam tennis championships
Simon’s In&OutStories retains UTS rights distribution mandate
Worldwide broadcast deals for Ultimate Tennis Showdown, the event launched by tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou during the Covid-19 shutdown, will continue to be negotiated by In&OutStories, the Paris-based…
Świątek interest inspires six-year Canal Plus, WTA deal in Poland
The Women’s Tennis Association has agreed a new six-year deal with pay-television broadcaster Platforma Canal Plus in Poland, from 2021, amid interest in Polish player Iga Świątek.
Stats Perform unveils six-year GVC agreement on back of WTA data deal
GVC Holdings, the sports betting group that houses bookmakers including Bwin, Coral, Ladbrokes, and Sportingbet, has become the first client to be announced as taking the expanded Women’s Tennis Association d…
Stats Perform marries WTA data supply with betting streaming rights in six-year deal
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has finalised a six-year agreement for the Women’s Tennis Association’s data rights, adding to its existing betting streaming rights to the women’s tour.
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Nine acquires Wimbledon and Roland Garros rights
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine and its new subscription streaming service Stan Sport have secured three-year deals to broadcast the Wimbledon and French Open Grand Slam tennis tournaments from…
Ex-Tennis Australia director fined in Seven rights case
Former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell has been fined A$90,000 (€54,721/$63,903), but cleared to continue acting as a company director, in a Federal Court ruling on his role in a contentious b…
IMG Media’s Rojas to lead Kosmos Tennis
Kosmos Tennis, the investment group that backs the Davis Cup, has hired Enric Rojas, a senior media rights executive at the IMG agency, as its new chief executive
Tennis Channel strikes exclusive multiyear ATP Tour rights deal
Tennis Channel will become the principal home of men's tennis in the United States after signing a wide-ranging television and digital rights agreement with ATP Media, the broadcast arm of the Association…
France Télévisions and Discovery’s DMAX net strong audience for Nadal triumph
Sunday afternoon’s French Open final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic attracted strong audience figures on French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions.
Spring Media retains Tie Break Tens international rights sales
The Stockholm-based Spring Media agency will continue to sell the international broadcast rights to tennis’ Tie Break Tens in 2021 after being reappointed to the role.
Globo’s SporTV secures Roland Garros rights to 2023
SporTV, the pay-television broadcaster owned by Brazilian media group Globo, has acquired rights to tennis’ French Open, one of the sport’s four grand slam events, until 2023.
SuperSport adds WTA to tennis rights portfolio
SuperSport, the sub-Saharan African pay-television broadcaster, has acquired rights to events organised by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).
Saran serves up ATP Tour rights extension in Turkey
Saran Media, the Istanbul-based media-rights agency, has retained broadcast rights in Turkey and Azerbaijan to tennis’ ATP Tour.
The new three-year agreement runs from 2021 to 2023.